Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 605.255: ASSISTANT LICENSE.

(a) An applicant for a license as an orthotist assistant or prosthetist assistant must:
(1) submit an application in the manner and on a form prescribed by the executive director;
(2) pay the nonrefundable application fee established by the commission by rule; and
(3) present evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant has completed an education program, including courses in the anatomical, biological, and physical sciences, and a clinical residency as prescribed and adopted by the commission by rule.
(b) An assistant licensed under this section may provide only ancillary patient care services, as defined by the commission by rule, in the discipline in which the assistant's supervisor is licensed under this chapter.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 1.222(170), eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.181, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.222(170), eff. September 1, 2015.

Where this section sits in the code

OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
SUBTITLE K. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO USE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 605. ORTHOTISTS AND PROSTHETISTS
SUBCHAPTER F. LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS

(a) An applicant for a license as an orthotist assistant or prosthetist assistant must:

(1) submit an application in the manner and on a form prescribed by the executive director;

(2) pay the nonrefundable application fee established by the commission by rule; and

(3) present evidence satisfactory to the department that the applicant has completed an education program, including courses in the anatomical, biological, and physical sciences, and a clinical residency as prescribed and adopted by the commission by rule.

(b) An assistant licensed under this section may provide only ancillary patient care services, as defined by the commission by rule, in the discipline in which the assistant's supervisor is licensed under this chapter.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.181, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 1.222(170), eff. September 1, 2015.

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